Saturday, January 18, 1997 -- The Greyhounds travelled to Poughkeepsie, New York to face their largest in-conference threats, Marist. Last year, the women took the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championship by a slim one and a half points over the Marist Red Foxes. On Saturday, the Lady Red Foxes showed that they haven't forgotten about last year's turn of events as they greeted the Lady Hounds with a sound 148-95 defeat. The Marist Men took the opportunity to display their conference championship form as they defeated the Loyola Men by a score of 143-97. The Greyhounds took notice of the talent that they were up against as continued preparation for their return to Marist in four weeks for MAAC Championships.
The Loyola Women saw some strong efforts from their sprinters. Senior Amy Cole and Freshman Christine Gahagan finished 1-2 in the 100 yard freestyle -- Cole winning with a time of 57.00 seconds. Earlier, Gahagan finished second in the 50 yard freestyle in a swift 26.59 seconds. Loyola's A and B 400 yard freestyle relays took first and second place. Sophomore Kathleen Griffin earned 12 points for the team with a victory in the three meter diving competition and a third place finish in the one meter diving event. The overall depth of the Marist Diving squad provided an intriguing prelude to the MAAC Championship diving competition. Senior Pam O'Koren broke the ranks of Marist's strong distance corps with a second place finish in the 500 yard freestyle (5:28.62). Unfortunately, Marist's sweeps of the 1000 yard freestyle and the 200 yard butterfly kept the meet from being close.
The Loyola Men started off their meet with an impressive win in the 400 yard medley relay. Freshman, Vin Massey took the 200 yard freestyle with an impressive 1:49.17. He added a close second place finish in the 100 yard free (50.07). Junior Mark Gallagher came out on top in the 50 yard free with a 22.31. Junior Ashley Loper and Freshman Ken Sposato finished third and fourth. Freshman John Moore pulled out the 500 yard freestyle (4:53.56) by a slim nineteen one hundredths of a second. Loyola was also able to gain victory in the 400 freestyle relay. Marist 1-2 finishes in the diving events and a sweep of the 200 yard butterfly kept Loyola from threatening the defending MAAC champs later in the meet.
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